davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

The surprise was complete. Not till the
morning Of March Z, did Curtis discover
what his enemy was up to- Then with the
utmost haste he wheeled his men about and
changed rear to front, and stretched his army
in line OF battle across Pea Ridge. Van
Dorn's force was twice as large his own,
and included Indians and border Texans.
Curtis battle line extended east and west
across Pea Ridge between three and four
miles from Sugar creek to El1horn tavern.
With this hastily changed Federal 'front.' the
two armies faced each other like this:
Confederates on the north, FederaiS on the
south:
Mccullough Mcintosh, Price.
Gross Timber Hollow.
Sigel, Asboth Davis, Carr.
The names are those of Van Dorns and
Curtis division commanders. Gen. Alexander
Asboth had charge of Curtis cavalry and
artillery. Cross Timber Hollow was deep
and difficult ravine, covered with fallen trees,
between the two armies. Through this hollow
they had to reach each other
Col Osterhaus, of Chicago, opened the
fight by an attack on Van Dorns center
at 1880 in the morning, March z. just as he
commenced this movement word was hastily
brought to Curtis that his pIcketS had been
driven in.
tremendous fighting. The woods swarmed
with ConfcderateS, who seemed to spring from
the ground. Cars division, on the extreme
right, had been heavily attacked, and Oster
haus was driven back. Curtis had ordered
Gen. Davis to the relief of Carr on the right.
but Osterhaus' men came flying back upon
the center The order to Davis was counter
manded, and he was told to stay and help
Osterhaus He quickly changed his line OF
march under fire. Very shortly Gen. Davis
found himself and Osterhaus fighting McCul-
loeb, Mcintosh, Pike and all Pixies Indians,
with the poet and John Ross at the head OF
them. Back he and Osterhaus wavered, and
then gathered strength and advanced again.
They swayed back and forth in a storm of
shot All at once the Eighteenth Indiana
came sweeping down upon the flank and rear
of the Confederate center with ball and
bayonet 1t settled the fortune of the day
then. The Confederates broke and fed.
Both Gems. McCulloch and Mcintosh fell
mortally wounded. Their forces tried to re-
form, but Sigel came up with two batteries
of heavy artillery and it was all over,
Then Sigel moved over to the Federal right
to help Carr. That day Carr had fought
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

Halleck's orders to Curtis had been TO keep
the enemy south of Boston mountains But
small attachments of his troops had been left
as guards here and there along the route, as
he followed after Price, till his army had be-
come stretched out very thin. They had
marched into Arkansas travelling at the rate
of twenty miles q day, an extraordinary
march under the circumstances. Curtis
force was much smaller than the REINFORCED
Confederate army. Curtis therefore fell back
north from the neighborhood of Boston
mountains and took a position nearer to Mis-
souri,, at Bentonville He had reiterated from
Fayetteville. Van Dorm followed and the
Confederate army became in turn the pursuer.
sCurtis resolved to dispose his forces about
sHdgar creek, near Bentonville, and await the
battle which he saw must come.
Until he reached Sugar creek however, he
was not aware of Van Dorns arrival in the
Confederate camp 1t made things look
shaky for his little army, p, 900 against IL COO,
but Curtis did not weaken 1t was too late
to run, if ne had wanted to.
The reader will see from the map the dispo-
sition of the forces on each side. Sugar creek
flows first westward through mountain de-
file, then northward, skirting clump Of
mountains. The westerly portion of the
clump is called Pea Ridge Thence the battle
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
CHURCHES:

M. Z. CHURCH, Cor. Reynolds and
Mountain Streets, Il. +. THOMAS, Pastor.
Residence: Ironton. Services every Sab
bath at II A. VI. and p. VI. sunday School
$3.50 a. NJ. Prayer Meeting Thursday even
ing. Glass Meeting Sunday afternoon ut
2:30 O'Clock
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Cor. Key
nolds and Knob Streets Ironton. ID. \. WILL
son, Pastor. Services every sabbath ut III A.
NJ. and p. NJ, except the 9th sabbath 4 NJ.
and 1st and Sd SabbathS T.. NJ, which are
given to Graniteville. PRAYER meeting We'd
nesday ut 80 p. VI. Sabbath School ut 9:3O
a. NJ.
ST. PAUL's EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
Cor. Reynolds and Knob Streets, 1rontOn.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Madison street,
near Knob street.
NJ f. CHURCH, SOUTH, Fort Hill,
between IrOnton and Arcadia. ELISHA
HEADLEE, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH, Arcadia College
and Pilot Knob. l.. c. WERNET, Pastor.
High Mass and Sermon at Arcadia College
every Sunday at s o'clock \. VI. NeSperS and
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at D
O'Clock p. NJ. Mass and Sermon ut Pilot
Knob Catholic Church ut 10:30 O'Clock A. NJ.
Sunday School for children at 80 O'Clock z.
NJ.
LUTHERAN CHURCH, Pilot Knob.
Rev. ROBERT SMUCKAL, Pastor.
y. NJ. F.. CHURCH, Corner shepherd
and Washington streets, IrOnton. y. ABB
ANATHY, pastor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
hERRIuAC AND MONITOR
Story of One of the Great Naval
Engagements Of the World.
A FAMOUS SUNDAY FIGHT.
The Gray Bearded Pilot of the Nerri
mac Describes the Battle.

The Confederate Ram Merrimac Accom-
plished Greater Work of Destruction
in Single Half Day Than Amy Other
War Vessel Ever Built-But She Could
Not Whip Capt. John Ericsson's Mon
itor-Battle of The Iron Clads, March
o, 1862.
On the shores at the mouth of the blue
Chesapeake this time of year the air is mild
as June. Salt breeze and pine forest mingle
and give it bracing fragrance. Fig trees and
fringy cape myltles live outdoors the year
around. 1t is one of the most delightful
spots of the earth. Visitors to Old Point
Comfort and Fortress Monroe linger on day
after day. Travellers stopping at the great
hotel east of the fortress sit hour by hour i'll
the verandas. Anon they change and take a
sail over the bright waters with the captain.
Everybody calls him the captain. He is a
hale, gray bearded man with keen eye and q
strong frame. He has been about the Chesa-
peake and Norfolk bay moro years than a
good many of our readers have lived. Year
after year. too while the loiterers sit and
gaze, now at the blue sky, now at the softly
rolling breakers which are even as blue. they
ask the captain to tell them the story of the
Merrimac and the Monitor fight
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10


from Lossings Civil War Jaws, Comanches
in American and CherokeeS.
Chief John Ross, of the Cherokee nation OPP
posed him, but at length yielded to the impor-
tunities of the tribe, and struck bargain
with the Confederate agent. Pike was the
regularly accredited commissioner of the
Confederate States of America to the Indians.
He promised to pay to the red men the annu-
tiles they had heretofore received from the
United States. He also promised to take the
southern part of the Indian territory under
Confederate protection. This included the
country of the Choctaws and Chickasaws.
Pixies design was to secure in time the whole
Indian territory to the Confederacy.
The Indians raised force of ., 900 men for
the war. jefferson Davis had authorized
Pike to enlist three regiments The Indian
agreement was ratified at a mass meeting at
Tahlequah, the Cherokee capital. 1t was
signed by John Ross, Principal Chief of the
Cherokee Nation" 1t was secretly against
his will, however. His wife, young, well
educated woman, was so opposed to it that
she drove off the men who tried to raise
Confederate flag over her house, and they
had to give up the attempt. This was the
last of August 1861. John Ross was nearly
white having only one-eighth Indian blood.
He was man fit for a great leader any
where He had cast his lot with his Indian
brethren, although his appearance gave no
sign of the dusky blood i'll his veins For
more than forty years he had acted as the
Moses who led his tribe from barbarism to
civilization. He escaped north with his fam
lily in the summer of 1862.
Ross Indians, however, with those OF
other tribes, joined the Confederate army
under Albert Pike, who made briga-
der general.
In December, 1861, the Confederate general.
Sterling Price. who had advanced again into
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

souri,. Ills proclaim CHIEF JOHN ROSS.
alton fell with a from Lossing's civil War
,.po,. Ara Nilsson In America. u
rians no longer true to themselvesfn he said.
"Are they timid, time-serving race, fit
only for subjugation to despot:
Awake, my countrymen, Come
to us, brave sons of the Missouri
valley. Rally to ourstandard! I must have
$4,000 men. = = Do you stay at home to
secure terms with the enemyi Then | warn
you the day soon may come when you will
be surrendered to the mercies of that enemy,
and your substance given to the Hessans and
Jayhawkers. Leave your property to take
care of itself. Come to the army of the Mis-
souri, not for q week or a month. but to free
your country. !, at least, will never
see the chains fastened upon my country. L
will ask for six and one-half feet of Missouri
soil in which to repose, for will not live to
see my people enSlavedn'
[Gen Sterling Price went through the war. and
after it closed migrated TO Mexico He was a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY, IRON COUNTY.
COIRTS.

CIRCUIT COURT is held on the
Fourth Monday in April and October.
COUNTY COURT convenes on the
First Monday of March, June, Septembel
and December.
PROBATE COURT is held on the First
Monday in February, May, August and No.
yember.
OFFICERS:
\. W. HOLLOMAN, Presiding Judge Coun-
ty Court.
JOS. G. CLARKSON, County Judge, South
ern District.
r.. j. HILL, County Judge, Western Dis,
trict.
j. 5. JORDAN, Prosecuting Attorney.
;. T.. BUFORD, Collector.
w. n. FLETCHER, County Clerk.
JOS. HUFF, Circuit Clerk.
FRANZ DINGER, Probate Judge.
WIN. III. WENTWORTH, Treasurer.
u. w. WHITWORTH, Sheriff.
5. Il. REYBURN, Assessor.
w. \. GREGORY, Coroner.
j. L. AXE, Public Administrator.
a. w. HOLLOMAE, surveyor.
j. Ii. SCOTT, School Commissioner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10


steam frigates Minnesota and Roanoke, and
the sailing frigates Cumberland and Congress.
The appearance of the Merrimac had come to
be looked on something of a joke Van
Brunt, captain of the Minnesota, wrote home
ave are tired of waiting for the Meirimac
and wish she would come out"
He lad his wish presently to his hearts
conteat
Hampton roads Is an inlet of Chesapeake
BAY, between Fortress Monroe and Norfolk.
The James river empties into it, also thu
Elizabeth, on which the navy yard lies. The
bay or indentation gets its name of 'rcadz, Il
or roadstead for ships, IN account of its
depth of water, being scarcely anywhere less
than twenty-three feet. 1t is about five miles
across.
The Federal vessels lay about the roads not
very near together.
1The MsnnyaS,ts. and the Roanoke were herr
near Fortress Monroe, the Cumberland and
Congress were off yonder south, near the
mouth OF the Elizabeth river" says the cap
tain.
About noon, Saturday, March 8, the F,4i-
eral loolzouts saw soneah.ng coming down
tho ElisaI,eth river. 1t was, in fact, three
things, as they presently moved nearer 1t
was three steamers. Two of them were orii-
nary gunboats. The other was queer looking
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

GEN. PRICE, C. s. A. would follow his
proclamation He was doomed to disappoint-
ment, in great measure.
About 5000 Missourians joined his stand
ard, but no more .
Meantime. Nov. l, 1861, Mcclellan had
been appointed commandment chief OF all the
armies and there had been a shaking up OF
generals and new deal all around. Fremont
was removed from the department of the
Missouri and the command given to Halleca
Fremont had once driven Price out OF Mis-
souri, into Arkansas. But on Fremont's re
tirement Price Immediately returned to the
old ground and issued the lively proclama
ton.
As soon as he could get squared about IN hi
new seat:at St Louis Halleck sent Brig. Gen.
Samuel R. Curtis after Price with all army
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
SOCIETIES:

IRON LODGE, No. 1O7, I. o. 0. F.,
meets every Monday ut its hall, corner Main
and Madison streets. THOMAS BEARD, \.
G.. FRANZ DINGER, Secretary
IRONTON ENCAMPMENT, No. %, L.
O. O. r., meets on the first and third Thurs
dav evenings of every month Ill Odd-Fel-
lows Hail. corner Main and Madison streets.
THOS. BEARD, c. u. FRANZ DINGER, Scribe.
STAR OF THE WEST LODGE, No. 1873,
AT & A. NJ, meets i'll Masonic Hall, corner
Main and Madison streets, on Saturday of or
preceding full moon. ". X. EDGAR, W. NJ.
c. X. PECK Secretary.
INDIAN CHAPTER, No. Il, r. A.,
meets at the Masonic Hail on the first and
third Tuesdays of each month, ut p. NJ. t..
Secretary.
w. VALLEY LODGE, No. 1870,
sySENM KNIGHTS or HONOR, meets in
SIASEaO odd Fellows Hall every alternate
IAMIN@ "Wednesday evenings. W.T.GAY,
%5NgsSS& ID. W. b. NEWMAN, Reporter.
eastern STAR LODGE, No. 62, A.
+. Il \. VI. (colored), meets on the second
Saturday of each month.
PILOT KNOB.
PILOT KNOB LODGE. No 253, y. O.
L. W., meets every Friday evening in Odd
Fellows Hall.
PILOT KNOB LODGE, No. 1855, I. o. O..
f.,U
hall. CHAS. MASCIIMETER, Secretary.
PILOT KNOB MINERS BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION. WIN. SEARLE, President.
THEO. TONNELLIE, Secretary.
IRON LODGE, No. 80, Sons OF HER
MAN, meets on the second and last sunday of
each month. VIM. STEPHENS, President.
VAL. EFFINGER, Secretary.
PILOT KNOB LAW AND ORDER
LEAGUE. f. \. EBRECHT, President.
THEO. TONNELLIE, Secretary.
IRON MOUNTAIN.
IRON MOUNTAIN LODGE, No. 43O,
A. +. Il \. NJ, meets saturday night on or
after the full moon. JNO. WEBB, w. NJ.
NJ. SMITH, Secretary.
IRON MOUNTAIN LODGE, No. 800, L.
O. F., meets "Wednesday night of each week.
IRON MOUNTAIN LODGE, No. 293
A.O.U. w, meets OH the first and third
FRIDAY of each month.
BELLENIEW.
Mosaic LODGE No. 35l, y. F. 4 y
NJ, meets on Saturday night of or preceding
full moon. JAS. HILL, W. NJ.
PHGBE LODGE, No. $50, |. 0. o. +,
meets every Saturday in Masonic Hall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

~ hNlp tsA
seven mortal hours
against Price, Van
Dorm himself was
in command here
most of the day,
and here the most
terrific fighting of
the battle took
place. Early in
the day Col. Carr
had sent to Curtis
for re en- orce-
ments. They could
not be spared. He
fought on, and
once more sent for
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

help, saying he could hold out no longer.
Again there was no assistance. 'Persevere,"
said the commanding general. He did SO,
till a fourth of his men lay dead, dying ard
wounded upon the field. When the left and
center were safe, and Asboth, Gen. Curtis
and later Sigel himself, pressed to Carr's aid
they found him fighting still, with shat
tered army, and the ground for mile strewn
with his dead and wounded.
The fighting was renewed holly as ever for
q time and Asboth was wounded Then
night fell, and both armies bivouacked upon
the field, with the dead and dying all about
them.
In the morning Of March &, there was more
fighting around Eilshorn tavern. The force
of both armies was concentrated there.
Sieel's men with several heavy batteries bore
the brlInt of it. Gen. Daes opened a cross
fire on the Confederate left. Cannon thunder
and iron hail filled the air with terror, till at
last the ConfederGtes could endure it no
longer Their batteries were planted upon
the hills OF Pea Ridge. They turned to by,
and Sigel's men were dashing up the hills
after them. 1t was a picturesque sight.
Curtis says in his report:
@The upward movement of the gallant
Thirty-sixth Illinois, with its dark blue line
OF men am its cleaning bayonets, steadily
rose from base to summit where it dashed
forward, driving and scattering the enemy
from these commanding heights
So ended the battle of fca Ridge. TT was
not victory for either side but it ended the
fighting in that part of Arkansas and Mis-
souri,. 1t was fought in corner near the
border line of three states, Missouri Arkan-
sas, Kansas and the Indian Territory. Van
Dorm encamped with his men eight miles
from the battle field, and buried his dead u1-
der a flag of truce. Then he went his way
south of Boston mountains, getting off
with nearly all his baggage. The loss on
each side was about 1000. Both armies had
1ad Of ffofaf TO-. MI
encamped at Keitsville to rest and care for
his men.
Pixies Indians tonahawked their fallen foes
and scalped and nlutilated them. Confed-
crate officer. in letter to The Richmond
Wing, declared that he saw the Texans doing
the same thing. On the other hand, Van
Dorm charged that some of SigeIs men MUIR
dered several prisoners of war in cold blood.
II must be remembered that Pea Ridge was S
specimen OF border warfare
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

Trans-Missi S sippi
department. Many
regard Van Dorm
as the most brilliant
cavalry officer of
the Confeder cy.
There was illfeeling
between Gems. Stel'-
ling Price and Ben
McCuiloch in Mis-
souri,, and Jefferson
Davis sent V a IL
Dorm from Virginia
to rank both and
take command. He
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

an emissary west to
stir up the Indians
against the United
States e ov r II =
lnent. This was
Albert Pike, the
poet, a man of fine
physique and per-
suasive tongue. He
labOred successful
ly with the tribes
of the Indian terri
tory, the Greeks,
Chickasaws, Choc-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

She had DESTROYED
two powerful vos-
sells, carrying three
times her number
of men, and fully
six times her weight
of armament. " The
Federal vessels lost
quite 250 men that
Sth of March, 1862,
t h @ Confederates
only 10. Would
the terrible Merri-
mae come back
next morning and
las-troIy tho Minnc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

Van Dorm on his
northward march
made a detoui' to
the west and fanked
Curtis on the right
by anlastei'ly move
ment. He left Pike
and his Indians two
miles to Curtis
right, and another
small force to make
a feint OH the front
while he dashed on
with all speed to
make the real attack
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

Missouri with 49,
600 men, made n
rousing appeal to
the men of that
state to join him.
Price had been n
brigadier in the
Mexican war. He
was q Virginian
born, but settled in
Missouri. He was
governor of that
state from 1858 to
1857. He was the
leading spirit of
secession in Mis-
souri,. His proclaim
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

member of the board
Of immigration OF
that country for a
tim c, but after
wards returned to
Missouri, where he
died-l
At the time the
proclamation was
issued, all south
western Missouri
was in Confeder-
ate hands. Gen.
Price had fixed his
h e a d quarters at
Springfield, here
he awaited the re-
cru its he hoped
f@nA IL.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

The captain was the pilot of the Merrimac
that day off Hampton roads, March O. 1862.
The Merrinac was fine new steam frigate.
When the United States officer, Commodore
McCaiicy. set fire to his own governments
navy yard at Norfolk and burned the ships,
the Merriniac was among those fired and left
to consume. This was April q, 1861.
But the Merrimac was not entirely de
stroycd. She was burned to the copper line
Then she sank. TO raise her again, to fit her
out rs a war vessel, was not task of very
great difficulty for the Confederate govern
ment. Her exterior pattern was changed
somewhat. In armor plating her, and other
wise fitting her for naval warfare, the Con-
fede!;,tls affixed to her bows long, powerful
iron bGak. In brief, when the refitting was
done. and the Merrimac was turned out
of the Norfolk or Portsmouth navy
yard she became the steam ram Eir-
ginia, the terror of every United States
ship atioat. Steaming up, head on, she was
able to send her long, swortlfish beal1 crashing
through the sides of the strongest wooden
ship. Thus, attacking vessels one at a time,
the Virginia was prepared to vanquish the
whole United States navy and commercial
marine. What is more, she had been fitted
up i'll the United States governments own
navy yard, Of good iron and steel belonging
to the nation.
The new pattern given to her was the idea
of Lieut. John NJ. Brooks, himself United
States naval officer who had taken the Confed-
crate side The battering ram Or false bow ex-
tended out ahead of her SO feet She had two
powerful engines below the water line Her
roof and sides were covered with oak over two
feet thick. and upon this was plated iron 6
inches through. The ram in front was also
composed of oak and iron, The vessel was
armed with several great guns for those days,
carrying shot of from 50 to 100 pounds, and a
12)-pound shell.
Such was the ram Virginia. She is better
known, however, the world over, by her for
m"r name. the Merrimae, and that is tbs
name which will be used in this story.
Last but not least she was directed by ex-
United States officers, men vino had been
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10


The little Monitor followed in her wake.
and when the MerriE1ac turned her iron beak
forward, there was the cheese box directly
between her and the Minnesota. Tho stern
guns of the Minnesota opened on the ram,
but she was invulnerable II her sides had
been perpendicular, some of the fifty great
shots which struck her from Capt. Van
Brunts guns ON the Minnesota must have
penetrated her. s.
As the ram approached, tho little Mont
tors turret guns began to revolvc and fire.
| The ram answered with tremendous broad
side. One concal shot from tho hugo Arm
strong gun penetrated tho Monitors turret
part way, but the bolt broke Off and re-
NAMED sticking between the bars of railroad
iron, bent and fiattened. The relic is still
preserved. Other shot from the ram few
around and over the Monitor without effect,
The little raft steamed around and around
her ponderous foe, seeking point of attack
But there was none. They pounded nc each
other tremendously, neither hurting tho
other.
The Merrimac finding she had mode no Inn
preston on the Monitor, turned her guns once
more upon the Merrimac and made u savage
attack, which told terribly At that moment
the little Monitor steamed up and placed her.
self between the ram and the Minnesota. Tho
Merrimac changed her position and once moro
the big ram and the little turret ship grappled.
The Merrimac grounded and the Mime
sofa trained her guns directly upon her.
She got afioat aud turned towards Norfolk,
the Monitor after her.
Suddenly tho Merrimac turned like an ant
NAL maddened and headed with all her forca
directly at the Monitor, seeking to run her
down. Tho iron beak grated over tho level
deck, and the little raft came up serenely
ready for fight again. Tho Merrimac was
more damaged than her antagonist. One
heavy shot penetrated the armor of the ram.
There was more maneuvering and moro can
nonading at close quarters, when suddenly
the firing ceased
The Merrimac and her attendant fleet
headed up the bay. AT tho same time the
Monitor turned and steamed down the bay
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
SUBSCRIPTION:
RATES OF ADVERTISING:
Official DIRECTORY.

Us. SENATOR'S:
HON. F. NJ. CoCKRELL, Warrensburg.
Hon. GEO. G. VEST, Kansas City.
MEMBER OF CONGRESS:
Hon. MARTIN L. CLARDY, Tenth District,
De Lassus, Mo.
u. S. LAND OFFICE-JAMES II. CHASE,
Register; VIM. r. EDGAR, Receiyer-Iron-
ton, Mo.
STATE SENATOR:
Hon. J. PERRY JOHNSON, Twenty fourth
District, Fredericktown.
REPREsESTATVE-Iro CoHnty-W. I.
CROCKER, GOOdwatcr.
JOHN l.. THOMAS, Judge Twenty-Slxth
Circuit, De Soto, Mo.